SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- ENTERPRISE EA,SE&I,MANAGE. SUPPT
- Notice Date
- 9/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Acquisition Division, Room 3J438, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233
- ZIP Code
- 20233
- Solicitation Number
- YA1323-10-SS-2020CENSUS
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2010
- Point of Contact
- Natalie Y Ellis, Phone: 301/763-3559
- E-Mail Address
-
natalie.y.ellis@census.gov
(natalie.y.ellis@census.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A SOLICITATION OR AN OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting market research to identify qualified sources for the performance of the services described below: PURPOSE/OUTCOME The Census Bureau requires key engineering disciplines and products in support of both the successful execution of the 2020 Census Research and Test phase, as well as to enable an overall 2020 Census program that provides interim benefits to and receives benefits from other Census programs. The outcome of this task will ensure an overall plan and the initial products to satisfy these requirements as shown below. The Contractor shall provide enterprise engineering, management and architecture support in major tasking areas listed below, as well as advice, guidance, and support services in an independent and conflict-free manner. The Contractor shall collaborate closely with Census Bureau leadership to transfer knowledge and skills to government personnel throughout the engineering lifecycle. SPECIFIC TASKS The scope of the support to be provided by the Contractor shall fall under the following major tasking areas: 1. Foundational elements: The standards, procedures, tools, operating concepts, and designs required to be consistent across the Census Bureau for successful implementation of the Decennial program. These include: o Knowledge transfer o Enterprise architecture strategy o Enterprise systems engineering strategy o Engineering process management, and o Investment management 2. Decennial program elements: The operating concepts, capabilities, designs, standards, tools, procedures, and shared infrastructure that will directly support the decennial program. These include: o Initial architecture and design o Systems engineering standards o EA and IT management coordination, and o Security and information assurance, o As well as decennial-focused pilots of the foundational elements The Contractor shall incorporate mechanisms for transferring knowledge to government personnel in the performance of these tasks. Each task area is described below. Detailed actions within these task areas will be delineated in a Project Work Plan that will be submitted after award of the task order for Census COTR approval. TASK 1: KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Concurrent with the tasks below, the Contractor shall work with Census staff to actively transfer key process and conceptual knowledge to Census staff. This will be through the collaborative work environment maintained by Census and the Contractor, and other mechanisms including no-cost participation in the Contractor's training classes. The Contractor shall develop a knowledge transfer plan that covers subject matter areas, requisite skills, tools and competencies as a condition of successful execution, time phased goals and objectives for knowledge transference and measures for assessing achievement. The plan will include Census-provided named resources with requisite skills and competencies and the Contractor's-provided named coaches and mentors. The Bureau specifically requires knowledge transfer in the following areas: • The Contractor shall develop and execute a Knowledge Transfer Plan to provide training and mentoring to Census personnel in completing the initial architecture and design described in C.3.6, Initial Architecture and Design • The Contractor shall develop and execute a Knowledge Transfer Plan to provide training and mentoring to Census personnel in completing the two investment management pilots described in C.3.5, Investment Management TASK 2: ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE STRATEGY The contractor shall work closely with the Census Bureau's Enterprise Architecture steward, the Chief Technology Officer, and senior Bureau leadership to develop an overall initial Census Bureau Enterprise Architecture Strategy that addresses: • An inventory of the "as is" architecture, including existing Bureau EA and 2010 Census architecture • An agreed EA framework in which to develop the Census EA • A governing body to guide and approve EA products • An initial program office responsible for developing the EA, including roles, responsibilities, and required skills. The Contractor shall support the following activities and outcomes: • Enterprise Architecture (EA) Strategy Development o Formulate and evaluate EA strategies to satisfy OMB Requirements and to allow use of EA as an effective governance tool o Formulate and evaluate an EA Enterprise Transition Strategy o Provide guidance for development of an EA Framework Roadmap • Top-Level EA Decomposition o Analyze Census EA to provide allocation of functions and to identify segment boundaries and interactions o Provide guidance for EA decomposition supporting 2020 Census scope o Identify and allocate EA segment responsibilities among IT Directorate, 2020 Program, and Service Provider Programs o Contribute to development of an agreed segmentation of the architecture into key mission areas, common solutions, and /or services. • Development of Strategies for EA Coordination and Integration among IT Directorate, 2020 Census Program, and Service Provider Programs TASK 3: ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING STRATEGY The Contractor shall work closely with Census Bureau leadership to develop an overall initial Enterprise Systems Engineering Strategy that provides an overall engineering approach for an enterprise whose complex and evolving operational capabilities are inextricably intertwined with considerations of people, processes, and technology. This will include developing the framework for an enterprise lifecycle, program lifecycle, and system development lifecycle, as well as criteria for tailoring the lifecycles, and decision points. The Contractor shall support the following activities and outcomes: • Development of Systems Engineering and Integration Strategy that addresses: o Support for integration decision making o General engineering methodologies o Cross-organization coordination o Alignment to Investment and Acquisition Strategies • Development of Systems Engineering Life-Cycle o Review and analysis of civilian governmental SE Lifecycles and other sources and tailoring to Census needs o Development of an Enterprise and Program Level Engineering Lifecycle with nested Project Level Engineering Lifecycles leading to the Enterprise and Program Level Integration of Project Level Engineering Products. Include guidelines for use by projects, e.g. at a minimum, requirements and test of satisfaction of requirements, decision points, exit criteria, etc. • Development of Systems Engineering Planning Roadmap o Capture the scope of the Systems Engineering content required to tie back into the outcomes needed to support the Strategic Plan. o Development of definitions of components that are to be covered in the Program SE Management Plan TASK 4: ENGINEERING PROCESS MANAGEMENT The Contractor shall work closely with Census Bureau technical leadership to develop integrated engineering processes that provide standardized methods for implementing solutions and increase the likelihood of successful programs and projects. These processes shall be in accordance with the Systems Engineering and Integration Strategy defined in Task 3 (C.3.3). Elements of these processes can include: • Concept Definition, including conducting needs assessments and creating a Concept of Operations; defining operational and top-level systems requirements across multiple systems; creating a high-level conceptual design. • Requirements Engineering, including gathering business/mission and operational needs; transforming business/mission and operational needs into system requirements; analyzing, manage, and trace systems requirements; facilitating stakeholder agreement about changes to and management of the systems requirements; defining critical performance measures and analyzing safety features. • Architecture, including describing the current architecture and underlying technologies for future architectures; performing an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to frame future architectures; designing an architecture that captures requirements and adapts to changes. • Systems Design and Development, including preparing design and milestone review criteria; gaining agreement on design review and milestone decision approaches; performing logical and physical designs; developing systems; evaluating contractor designs, artifacts, and deliverables. • Systems Integration, including creating integration strategies that meet business/mission needs and addresses integration and interoperability challenges. • Test and Evaluation, including creating test and evaluation strategies to field effective and interoperable systems; performing developmental and operational testing; observing and communicating developmental and operational test results; managing mitigation strategy and system acceptance, based on the results of the developmental and operational tests. • Systems Implementation, Operations and Maintenance, and Transition, including preparing transition plans for delivering systems; developing system operations, maintenance, and disposal plans. The Contractor shall support the following activities and outcomes: • Assessing alternatives to managing an integrated Systems Engineering and Architecture program, including developing cost / benefit analyses to alternative models for supporting programs and projects in systems engineering and architecture. • Providing a roadmap for implementing an integrated Systems Engineering and Architecture program, including skills requirements and training plans for building skills. The Contractor shall partner with Census Bureau leadership to develop a Systems Engineering and Architecture knowledge transfer plan and to provide training and mentoring to Census personnel in executing the Initial Architecture and Design pilots described in Task 6 (C.3.6). • Development of Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) Process Management Framework o Guide the formulation of the framework for selection for the specific engineering processes to be used to provide standardized methods for implementing solutions • Development of SE&I Process Management Framework Products o Provide guidance for the development of specific process management documentation, e.g. Requirements Management, Requirements Development, Technical Solution, Configuration Management, Engineering Change Management, Product Integration, Product Assurance, Validation and Verification, other engineering processes. • Development of Engineering Process Management Lab Strategy and Plan o Identification and evaluation of SE&I Process Management Framework Toolset o Support for set up of lab for SE processes, tools, environments including training & mentoring o TASK 5: INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT The Contractor shall initially provide Investment Management support in major tasking areas listed below, as well as advice, guidance, and support services in an independent and conflict-free manner. In addressing these areas, The Contractor shall leverage industry and other agency best practices, as well as relevant successes from the Census 2020 planning and preparation efforts. • Governance is the process of making decisions on investments and other key issues to ensure that the enterprise gets the benefits and is moving toward achieving strategic outcomes. It is enabled by Enterprise Program Management, which allows leadership to assess the work of the enterprise to minimize risk and maximize benefit. In working to minimize risks, it is necessary to identify particular risk events relevant to the Bureau's objectives, assess them in terms of likelihood and magnitude of impact, determine a response strategy, and monitor progress. These activities occur throughout the systems engineering lifecycle. • Strategic Outcome Management is the process of ensuring that the enterprise is doing things the right way and doing them well. It includes monitoring and analyzing agency performance against outcomes identified for strategic goals and objectives, in order to inform decisions. • Portfolio Management is the process of ensuring that the enterprise is doing the right things -- obtaining maximum value from its investments. The Contractor shall collaborate closely with Census Bureau leadership and staff to transfer knowledge and skills throughout the start-up and ongoing operation of the investment management lifecycle. The Contractor shall work closely with the senior leadership of the Census Bureau to develop straw governance models, then plan and facilitate meeting(s) to design guiding principles, and identify Operating Committee and subordinate (delegated) committees' scope and interfaces. Work products include: • Guiding principles for Census governance • Agreed upon initial governance scope (e.g., start with investment selection) • Initial description of governance interfaces, e.g., information needed to make decisions and processes for communicating decisions within the organization • Operating Committee charter describing principles, roles, responsibilities, authority, voting standards, and interfaces • Enterprise program management capabilities that will support the governance process for making decisions The Contractor shall work with leadership to develop a strategic outcome management structure and process, to provide management with key information. The structure and process would: • Identify key drivers of enterprise performance • Develop methods of monitoring and analyzing performance • Develop tools and processes for analyzing changes in the external environment, such as mandates and demographics • Identify areas for evaluation and other special studies • Develop processes and tools for framing recommendations for decisions by governing bodies The Contractor shall partner with Census Bureau leadership to develop an initial Portfolio Management Process for analyzing and collectively managing a group of investments/projects in order to achieve the Bureau's strategic goals. The Process includes: • Functions, roles, and responsibilities • Required methods and tools • New program review process • Ongoing program review process The Contractor shall partner with Census Bureau leadership in executing two investment management pilots. The first pilot is focused on the development of the initial investment portfolio of projects. The second pilot involves business case development, alternatives assessment, and solution selection for potential investments. Pilot 1 - Develop initial baseline investment portfolio: • Review the current inventory of business processes; • Review the current inventory of IT systems and sub-systems; • Develop straw models, then plan and facilitate meeting(s) to develop portfolio element definitions; • Document the initial inventory of IT systems and business operations in a format and content that will support decision making (depending on complexity, may only complete a portion of the inventory) Pilot 2 - Perform alternatives assessment and selection of solution. For selected capabilities: • Define capabilities to be provided, as well as articulate their benefits; • Describe the as is business processes for the selected scope (e.g., non-response follow-up) and define common terms; • Identify potential solutions (reuse, custom code, other) and their ROM impact • Develop a business case to support decisions • Facilitate Operating Committee decisions and communication to Census Bureau personnel TASK 6: INITIAL ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN The Contractor shall work closely with Census Bureau technical leadership and the personnel selected to receive Systems Engineering and Architecture knowledge to develop an initial Architecture and Design that will support the 2020 Census Program Research and Test and production and development activities. Elements of these activities can include • Architectural Analysis o "As Is" and "To Be" business processes o Analysis of Alternatives o Analysis of Needs for R&T • Architectural Definition o Requirements and Design o Requirements for REUSE of Systems • Investment and Funding Strategy o To-be Organization to be able to respond o Skills inventory and development plan o How to achieve (organic vs. outsource) o Identify requirements for:  Governance  Technical Plan for IT Infrastructure  Directives for work to support 2020 R&T and Production The Contractor shall support the following activities and outcomes: • Development of Enterprise Architecture Alignment Plan, including o 2020 Census Architecture within the BOC Enterprise Architecture o Investment and Funding Strategies • Development of 2020 Census Architecture and Design Products o 2010 Census Architecture - Inventory of As Built o Alternative Concepts of Operations and Business Process Models o Business Architecture o High-Level Business Requirements o Program Operational Plan o Initial Logical and Physical Architecture and Design • Trade-Off Analyses TASK 7: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING STANDARDS The Contractor shall work closely with Census Bureau technical leadership to develop integrated engineering standards that provide a shared "systems of systems" methodology for use in cross-project coordination of standard shared engineering products. The Contractor shall support the following activities and outcomes: • Development of System of Systems Development Lifecycle Methodology o Development of standard methodology for cross project development coordination • Development of Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) documentation o Development of the approaches which support cross-project coordination, such as;  Systems Architecture Management  Systems Development Management  Systems Integration Management  Testing and Evaluation Management • Development of Interoperability Lab Test Bed Strategy and Plan o Development of proof-of-concept pilot for Integration & Test (i.e. Interop Lab) TASK 8: EA AND IT MANAGEMENT COORDINATION The Contractor shall support the following activities and outcomes: • Development of Enterprise Architecture Coordination Plan, including o Facilitate and support activities to develop the detailed strategies for Corporate EA and Service Provider Program EA Coordination and Integration in support of the 2020 Census Program o Facilitate and support activities to develop the detailed EA Coordination and Integration strategies for 2020 Census Program Research and Test Support Systems o Facilitate and support activities to develop the detailed EA Coordination and Integration strategies for 2020 Census Program Production Systems • Development of IT Management Coordination Plan, including 2020 coordination aspects of IT Strategic Plan, IT Governance Plan, Disaster Recovery/COOP Plan, other IT Management Plans • Development of Information Technology Innovation, Development, and Insertion Strategy TASK 9: SECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE The Contractor shall support the following activities and outcomes: • Development of Enterprise Security Architecture o Assist in creating Enterprise Architecture (EA) security views for the EA as-is security and define strategic EA to-be security. Utilize a security tracking mechanism spreadsheet developed by THE CONTRACTOR to create these views. Identify and define current security strengths and weaknesses. o To meet the objective, assist Census in identifying security gaps within EA by analyzing government SMEs feedback on current security strengths and weaknesses, and collaborating with them to refine the Security Tracking Mechanism for an efficient security tracking process. From the analysis and collaboration, establish a baseline EA security view and provide a to-be (going forward) EA security view. o Provide an Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA) to ensure that the foundational and decennial programs are within the ESA and future program development support the strategic 2020 Decennial goals. Be prepared for the annual OIG IT Management audit and continue to review foundational programs based on the prioritized program list. o Continue to support the existing foundational and decennial programs using the ESA. TASK 10: AD HOC STUDIES AND ANALYSES The Contractor shall perform ad hoc studies and analyses as requested by the Census COTR. The government anticipates the services will be obtained through a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract for a total duration of 24 months (24-month base period). Interested parties must submit their capabilities statement via electronic submission to Ms. Natalie Y. Ellis at natalie.y.ellis@census.gov. The Capabilities Statement should include: (1) Name and Address of the Organization, (2) Type of business (i.e. small business, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, large business etc), (3) Point of contact with name, title, phone, fax and email, (4) DUNS number, (5) A description of the organization's experience in enterprise systems engineering, engineering process and investment management, and system architecture strategy and design relating to the tasks described above (6) Provide documentation showing your previous experience providing similar services. (7) A rough order of magnitude (ROM) bottom line cost/price estimate of each task and total cost/price. (8) GSA Schedule Contract number (if applicable) NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUEST(S). ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. No information will be taken by telephone or mail. Any questions regarding this request should be directed to Natalie Y. Ellis, email: natalie.y.ellis@census.gov no later than 12:00pm (EST), Friday, September 10, 2010.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: United States Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20743, Suitland, Maryland, 20743, United States
- Zip Code: 20743
- Zip Code: 20743
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